Alejandro MarencoSecretary of Road Safety detailed “comparatively with the year 2022 fatalities decreased from 159 to 123as the number of serious injuries also decreased.”
But nevertheless, a fact that the Secretary highlighted taken from an analysis by the Ministry of Health through Dr. Pablo Jure of SAME, where he demands awareness is that “each road accident per day costs the government, the state and the health system. health 2000 dollars“, value of more than two million pesos per day.
He also indicated that “the average in intensive care is 15 to 20 days, that is, the recovery time of patients in the units at the Pablo Soria Hospital as well as in the Children’s Hospital increased,” with these hospitals being the primary places for the province.
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Regarding the rehabilitation process, he explained that at the moment he “leaves his house until he is reinserted almost to the fullness of his abilities, It costs 100 thousand pesos per day“Marenco remarked in relation to the accidents that occur on the streets and routes of Jujuy.
In that sense, the Secretary clarified what this type of accident means in economic matters: “The public health system in Argentina is free, then it logically has to recover through social works but there is another issue, ART or insurance. When a person is without a helmet, without lights on, drunk, without a seat belt, there is no coverage then “That is a burden on the state’s health system.”
2023 numbers of attention in road accidents
From January to December, from SAME and according to the statistics of the latest report, they have attended 5388 people in road incidents, 2111 of them that occurred in San Salvador de Jujuy, 781 in Saint Peter and 678 in Ledesmaamong the places with the most accidents in the province.
“It is a very high number and it is increasing”said the head of SAME, Dr. Pablo Jure, concerned about the situation.
Going into detail according to the type of road accident, the 56.9% occurred due to shock, 15.7% were due to skidding; 15.3% for falls; 8.4% due to overturning; 2.7% for hitting a pedestrian and 1% for multiple collisions.
Of the total losses, 63% corresponds to men and 36% women. Most of them occurred On Sundays (18.9%) and were in large percentage, on streets during daylight hours.
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